Lok Sabha sees face-off between Owaisi, Shah in NIA bill debate

Though sharp exchanges between All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaddudin Owaisi and BJP leaders are not unusual, the Hyderabad MP had a face-off with Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on Monday during a discussion on the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill.

The spat between the two leaders began when opposition members including Owaisi started interrupting BJP MP Satyapal Singh. Owaisi objected to the claim by Singh that a state leader had asked the then Hyderabad Police Commissioner to change the course of probe in a particular case. Singh said he knew it because he was then posted as Police Commissioner of Mumbai.